us over here. garretson beach has been great and all of new york, we really have seen the resilience of new yorkers pulling together. we're grateful for that and we appreciate everything that the city has provided. >> the community, the school has been great. >> albom family joining us here. the parade gets off in just about ten minutes from now. >> what a great story, jason and great family. we wish them the best and wish you a happy thanksgiving. >> you hear the gratitude out there. there's a lot of gratitude here in the studio as well on a day when many people don't have to work. we want to send a thanks to the people here in the cnn studio. special guests have been waiting patiently for this moment. happy thanksgiving. >> these are little ones from our cnn employees who are graciously stopping by the studio before they head out to the parade this morning. >> that's right. >> "starting point" back in a moment. [ ross ] we are in the dades gorge, high up in the atlas mountains of morocco. have yo